This is a war between tired rich nation and young jihadis who have no alternative employment nor proper (?) goals in life. Such wars were fought many times in history. All known empires faded - the last were Inca and Aztec (European marauders), before that Roman and Holy Roman empires crumbled against barbarians.
If out of fatigue, US and Israel decide to use nuclear weapons, there may be a momentary victory. But Huns are everywhere - they have nothing to loose.

We realise you are not for the old 'hegemon'. Are you for the new one? You may well be. The Islamic world knows all about Xinjiang and Lady Kadeer. Don't assume a welcome mat for the new 'hegemon' merely because the old 'hegemon' is in temporary decline. Enough Arab and Mid-East governments trust the old 'hegemon' more than the new one!!

The Jihadis have even driven many of the more moderate supporter to despairs with its unethical practices and abuses. But as the West grow increasingly frustrated on how to fight the endless War of Civilisations, the neocons and their Zionists ally have had its fair share of public opinion weighing against it as they began to act unlawfully against their own write-up on UN convention on human rights such unlawful renditions, detention without trials, tortures, target killings of civilians, using human being as game targets, Apartheid and racial practices etc.

The US and Europeans are also stoking the Ummah angers by their Racial profilings, Sick Jokes and cartooning of the Prophet, surveillance of Mosques and Maddrassahs, prohibition of building religious building even those centres for inter-faith dialogue conceived by pro-Western clerics. Even the Injun heart-throb have to be rescued from the airport detention.

From Wikileads cables, we come to know even the most ardent pro-Western allies are routinely laughed off as unreliable Jihadis Snakes.

Here is a link to a site which analyses Jihadist ideology:http://www.jamestown.org/programs/recentreports/single/?tx_ttnews%5Btt_n...
Point 4) It is a severe understatement to number the terrorists as "a few thousand". Their active and passive supporters are in the hundreds of millions.
5) "...arguing, with odd logic, that since it declared war on America, then America must be at war." The USA was at war with Japan with the events at Pearl Harbour. Next week the USA was at war with Germany and Italy because those governments declared war on the USA. The opinions, actions and desires of the American people and the American Government were not relevant. America was at war because hostile governments had declared war on America. The decisive action was taken by the enemy. The only question was for how long the enemies would control events. It is the same today exept for one difference: Al-queda is not a body set up by law. This means it cannot wage a just war or a legal war, but it can wage an illegal war.

1) "America has not suffered a major terrorist incident within its borders since the September 11th attacks almost a decade ago." I think Fort Hood was a major terrorist attack.
2) "Largely ignorant of al-Qaeda, Islam and weak states, the Bush administration’s..." This is the heart of the matter. If you do not know your enemy you cannot hope to win. The key to knowledge is in the written texts of Islam, such as the Koran, Hadith, Sira and Sunna.
3) "...it is surprising that al-Qaeda is not better understood." See point 2 above. Al-queda has often proudly proclaimed the source of its inspiration. It is all in writing. Translations are available. "Write!..." is a famous quote from Islam, introducing Mohammed to his new life as a prophet. So "Read!" should be the key to understanding Islam.

Ahmadinejad had dared to repeat in the UN what the US Building and Construction Experts have been saying all along that the 9/11 event is a US own conspiracy in order to justify its War of Civilisations. Instead of bringing in expert testimony, the Obama regime collaborating with the US Media simply politicise and bounded out the trouble-maker in order to suppress the finding by sweeping it under the carpet.

Unless they come up with the infantry necessary to seal off the border to Pakistan, the U.S. will be kicked out of Afghanistan as they were kicked out of Vietnam. But the land of unbound stupidity still sees Pakistan as part of the solution, and not as the problem. I'm German, and I am sick and tired of loosing yet another war.

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More than eight years after the tragedy of September 11, 2001, New York Supreme Court Justice Edward H. Lehner was hearing arguments in a courtroom less than a mile from Ground Zero about a ballot initiative to launch a new investigation of the 9/11 attacks. When the lawyer for the plaintiffs sponsoring the initiative explained that the 9/11 Commission report left many unanswered questions, including “Why did Building 7 come down,” the Judge replied quizzically, “Building what?”

Like Judge Lehner, millions of people do not know or remember only vaguely that a third tower called World Trade Center Building 7 also collapsed on September 11, 2001. In any other situation, the complete, free fall collapse of a 47-story skyscraper would be played over and over on the news. It would be discussed for years to come and building design codes would be completely rewritten. So, why does no one know about Building 7? And why did Building 7 come down?

The answers to these questions have far-reaching implications for our society. The goal of the “BuildingWhat?” campaign is to raise awareness of Building 7 so that together we can begin to address these questions

let us first consider the truth before jumping to conclusions on this topic. the government has spent 2 trillion dollars fighting this so called war war where they openly admited they could not account for a missing 2 trillion dollars theday before 9/11. amazingly the very offiece and peope thatmight havehad a chance was thevery same office that got destroyed at thepentagon by something the governments wold likeus to believe was a hyjacked plane , although this event would have been very unlikely. they wont even release any of the security camera footage even showing a plane. people even walked out of the hole made by whatever caused the destruction. This so called plane was menat tohave knocked down some large poles and others were almost bent iin 2 by the wings. this alone wold have made a plane crash into the ground.
what abot building 7? why did a building over 40 story's high collapse into its own footprint on 9/11 itwasnt even hit by a plane!!!
Bin laden isnt even wanted in connection with 9/11, so why the press has to keep putting his image on anytthing to do with 9/11 is just propaganda. The Press need to be held accountable printing lies.

Despite the best efforts of "serious journalists" like Bergen and the sycophantic cowardice of the corporate press, "future historians" will know plenty about the "War on Terror" and its "catalyzing event":